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1 TIMOTHY CHAPTER 1
1Ti_1:1,2 The salutation.
1Ti_1:3,4 Timothy is put in mind of the charge before given him by Paul.
1Ti_1:5-7 The end of the commandment is charity, from which
some had turned aside to teach the law, which they
understood not.
1Ti_1:8-11 The scope of the law was to condemn wickedness, which
is the design of the gospel also.
1Ti_1:12-17 Paul blesseth God for calling him to the ministry
notwithstanding his great demerit, whereby all
penitent sinners that believe are assured of mercy
through Christ.
1Ti_1:18-20 He urgeth Timothy to a due discharge of his trust,
warning him of some who had deserted the truth, of
whom Hymeneus and Alexander had been delivered by
him unto Satan.
Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ; one immediately sent by Jesus Christ, by his voice from heaven, Act_9:15, though not by his voice upon earth, as those, Mat_10:1-42.
By the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ:
through the will of God, 1Co_1:1, not his permissive, but preceptive will; and this is the same with his being called to be an apostle, Rom_1:1 1Co_1:1. By our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father not being excluded, but the Son only being named, to whom the mediatory kingdom was committed.
Which is our hope: our hope, there is no more in the Greek, that is, the object of our hope: as when it is said, Gen_31:53, that Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac, that is, by the Deity whom his father feared. This glorious eulogy belongs to our Saviour, in whom there is a concurrence of all that is requisite to free us from destructive evils, and to make us everlastingly happy: for he is wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. Hence the Gentiles without Christ are said to be without hope, Eph_2:12. And from hence it is evident that Jesus Christ is the eternal God, for if he were only a man, though in excellence above all others, he could not be our hope, for cursed is he that trusteth in man, Jer_17:5.